Palace of Versailles Tickets: Passport, Trianon and Garden Prices

Versailles tickets, prices and what each one includes

This page sets out the tickets sold for Versailles, the official prices, the days when the gardens are charged, the opening hours and the train from Paris. Prices and hours are taken from the Palace’s own ticketing and visitor pages.

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On this page: types of tickets · official prices · the Hall of Mirrors and 1919 · opening hours · getting there from Paris · request an English-speaking private guide

The Main Courtyard of the Palace of Versailles. Visitors with a ticket bought in advance walk past the ticket office to Entrance A.

The tickets sold under the Versailles name

A search for “Versailles tickets” returns several different products under the same name. Some include the Palace, some cover only the gardens or the Trianon, and some are guided tours with a ticket inside.

Passport: the only ticket with Palace entry

The Passport covers the whole estate for one day. It includes the Palace with a timed slot, the Estate of Trianon (the Grand Trianon, the Petit Trianon and the Queen’s Hamlet, open from 12:00), the temporary exhibitions and the gardens. On fountain show and musical garden days the Passport counts as the garden ticket too, valid for one entry, with a second entry allowed through a different gate. Only the Palace requires a time slot. The Trianon and the gardens can be visited at any hour of the day.

Palace-only ticket (no longer sold)

Until January 2026 the Palace sold a cheaper ticket for the main building alone. With the new pricing that came into force on 14 January 2026, the Passport became the only ticket with Palace access. Older guides and some resale listings still refer to a “Palace ticket”. Before paying for any listing, check that it names a timed Palace slot. A product that lists only the gardens or the Trianon does not include the Hall of Mirrors or the State Apartments.

Estate of Trianon ticket, without the Palace

This ticket costs €15, or €12 for EEA nationals and residents, at the same price all year. It covers the Grand Trianon, the Petit Trianon, the Queen’s Hamlet and the Trianon gardens, without a time slot. It does not include the Palace.

Garden tickets on fountain show days

From April to October the gardens are part of a paid programme. The Musical Gardens run from Tuesday to Friday, with baroque music in the groves and some fountains working. The Musical Fountains Show runs on Saturdays and Sundays, and also on Tuesdays in May and June, with the large fountains switched on in set sessions through the day. On these days a garden ticket costs €15, or €12 at the reduced rate, and children under 6 enter free. A combined ticket for the gardens and the Trianon costs €20, or €17 for EEA visitors. On Mondays, and throughout November to March, the gardens are free.

Late-afternoon Passport at a lower price

A cheaper Passport is sold for Palace entry late in the day: from 15:00 in the low season at €18 (€15 for EEA visitors), and from 16:00 in the high season at €28 (€25 for EEA visitors). The gardens and the Trianon can still be visited earlier on the same day with this ticket.

Free entry for under-18s and EU residents under 26

Entry to the Palace and the Trianon is free for all visitors under 18, for EEA nationals and residents under 26, and for visitors with a disability together with one companion. These visitors still book a free Passport with a timed Palace slot. The same applies to holders of the Paris Museum Pass. In the high season the free entitlement does not extend to the gardens on show days, so the Passport for these visitors costs €12 from April to October.

Two questions help when reading any listing sold under the Versailles name:

• Does it state a timed Palace entry? If not, it does not include the main building.
• Which season is the date in? Between April and October, a ticket without garden access will stop you at the garden gates on Tuesday to Sunday.

Official ticket prices by season

The table below shows the Palace’s own prices. The EEA rate applies to nationals and residents of the 27 EU countries plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, on showing an identity card, passport, visa or residence permit.

Prices as published by the Palace for the tariff in force since 14 January 2026. Tickets are non-refundable and cannot be exchanged.

A word on queues. Any ticket bought in advance, including the cheapest one from the official site, lets you skip the ticket office in the South Ministers’ Wing and go straight to Entrance A. No ticket, official or resale, skips the security check at Entrance A. When a resale listing says “priority” or “skip the line”, it refers to the ticket office, not to security.

When the official site is sold out

In the summer months the morning Palace slots on the official site are often taken days or weeks ahead, especially for weekends. There are four ways round this.

The first is a later slot on the same day. The second is the late-afternoon Passport, which is also cheaper. The third is to visit the gardens and the Trianon without the Palace, using the combined ticket.

The fourth is a reseller. Resellers buy ticket allocations in advance and sometimes still have morning slots when the official site shows none. Tiqets sells the full Passport with a timed Palace slot, delivered to your phone. The price depends on the date, so compare it with the official price in the table above before you pay.

Check Passport availability on Tiqets

Hall of Mirrors: where the Treaty of Versailles was signed

The Hall of Mirrors lies on the standard Palace route, so every Passport holder walks through it. It is 73 metres long, with 357 mirrors set opposite 17 windows looking onto the gardens. The ceiling, painted by Charles Le Brun, shows scenes from the reign of Louis XIV.

The Hall of Mirrors, where the peace treaty with Germany was signed on 28 June 1919.

On 28 June 1919 the peace treaty between the Allied and Associated Powers and Germany was signed in this room. The date fell five years to the day after the assassination in Sarajevo that set off the war. The room had its own history with Germany: the German Empire had been proclaimed here in January 1871, after France’s defeat in the Franco-Prussian War. Holding the German signature in the same hall was a deliberate choice by the French side.

For an English-speaking visitor there is a further point. Until then, French was the accepted language of European diplomacy, and major treaties were usually drawn up in French alone. At a meeting of the conference leaders on 15 January 1919, the French delegation proposed English, French and Italian as the official languages of the conference, with the French version to prevail in any dispute. President Woodrow Wilson replied that the French precedent was a European one, and that English was the language of diplomacy across much of the rest of the world.

The treaty settled the question in its closing clause, which states that the French and English texts are both authentic. The treaty was signed in a single copy, deposited in the archives of the French Republic. Italian did not receive the same status. In practice this means that the English version of the Treaty of Versailles is an original text with equal legal force, and not a translation of the French.

What can be seen on the visit is the room itself.

Opening hours and closing days

The Palace and the Estate of Trianon are closed every Monday, and also on 1 January, 1 May and 25 December. The gardens and the park are open every day, including Mondays.

From April to October:

• Palace: 9:00 to 18:30, last admission 17:45.
• Estate of Trianon: 12:00 to 18:30, last admission 17:45.
• Gardens: 7:00 to 20:30, last admission 19:00. On Saturdays from early June to mid-September the gardens close at 17:30 to prepare the evening fountain show, which needs its own ticket.

From November to March:

• Palace: 9:00 to 17:30, last admission 16:45.
• Estate of Trianon: 12:00 to 17:30, last admission 16:45.
• Gardens: 8:00 to 18:00. Some groves are closed in winter.

The earliest Palace slots are the calmest. The Louvre is closed on Tuesdays, and many visitors to Paris move their Versailles day to Tuesday as a result, so Wednesday to Friday are usually the better choice. Weekends are busy in every season.

How long to spend and in which order

A full Passport day usually takes six to seven hours, not counting the train. The Palace route alone takes about ninety minutes to two hours. The most practical order is the Palace first, at your booked time, then the gardens, then the Trianon, which opens only at 12:00.

The Estate of Trianon is a 30-minute walk from the Palace through the gardens and the park. A little train and electric carts, both paid, cover the same distance in about 20 minutes.

The gardens designed by André Le Nôtre. From April to October they are charged on show days, and the Passport includes them.

Several parts of the estate are free and need no ticket: the Gallery of Coaches in the Great Stables, open on weekends and French public holidays from 12:30, and the Royal Tennis Court, open Tuesday to Sunday from 12:30. The official Palace app is free and includes an audio guide.

Guided tours and private guides

Guided products for Versailles fall into two groups. The first is a group tour run by an independent operator, where the guide leads you through the Palace and a Passport or Palace entry is bundled in. On Tiqets, these tours run in English and several other languages, with options that add the Trianon. Duration and route differ by operator.

See guided tour options on Tiqets

The second is a private guide who works only for your group and plans the day around your interests and your slot. If you are also visiting the Louvre during the same stay, one guide can cover both.

How to get to Versailles from Paris

Versailles lies about 20 kilometres west of central Paris. Public transport is the simplest way to get there.

• RER C to Versailles Château Rive Gauche. This is the closest station, a 10-minute walk from the Palace. Central Paris stops include Saint-Michel Notre-Dame, Musée d’Orsay, Invalides and Champ de Mars. Not every RER C train goes to Versailles, so check that the display shows Versailles Château Rive Gauche as the destination.
• Train from Gare Montparnasse to Versailles Chantiers (lines N and U). About 18 minutes on foot to the Palace.
• Train from Gare Saint-Lazare to Versailles Rive Droite (line L). About 17 minutes on foot to the Palace.
• Bus 171 from Pont de Sèvres, the end of metro line 9. It stops at the Palace and takes about 30 minutes without traffic.

Versailles Château Rive Gauche, the end of the RER C line, about 10 minutes on foot from the Palace.

Fares in the Paris region no longer depend on zones. A single Metro-Train-RER ticket costs €2.55 and is valid from central Paris to Versailles, so a return trip needs two tickets. Paper tickets are being withdrawn, and tickets are now loaded onto a Navigo Easy card, which costs €2, or bought in the Île-de-France Mobilités app. Navigo passes and Paris Visite passes are also valid.

Driving is not recommended. The A13 motorway is closed in the Paris to Versailles direction from 16 November 2026 to 31 August 2027 for tunnel works, and the Palace advises visitors to use public transport during that period.

For visitors who prefer not to deal with trains, some tours include transport from Paris, a guide and timed entry to the Palace.

See tours with transport from Paris on Tiqets

Security check, bags and accessibility

All individual visitors enter the Palace through Entrance A, after a security check. Groups use Entrance B. Suitcases, pushchairs, metal baby carriers and umbrellas are not allowed inside the rooms, so it is better to arrive without luggage. Photography without flash is allowed in the rooms.

Entry to the Palace, the Trianon and the temporary exhibitions is free for visitors with a disability and one companion. Wheelchairs are lent free of charge for the Palace visit. Only the garden level of the Petit Trianon is accessible.

Frequently asked questions

Written and updated by the OfficialGuides editorial team.